NWFZ
![Lessons from Pandemic-Nuclear Weapons Nexus for Survival in 2021](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/medicine-edit_1920.jpg)
Lessons from Pandemic-Nuclear Weapons Nexus for Survival in 2021
Peter Hayes discusses better ways to prepare for the uncertain futures created by the COVID-19 pandemic as opposed to relying on primitive nuclear weapons.
![Jeju Forum 2020: Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Northeast Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/maxresdefault.jpg)
Jeju Forum 2020: Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Northeast Asia
APLN X Jeju Forum Session 3: Panelists assess how to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZ) in Northeast Asia.
![An Alternative to Nuclear Deadlock and Stalled Diplomacy](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/diplomacy_edit.jpg)
An Alternative to Nuclear Deadlock and Stalled Diplomacy
Michael Hamel-Green proposes a phased establishment of a regional Northeast Asian NWFZ negotiated in tandem with a regional comprehensive security agreement.
![The Ban Treaty: Perspectives from Southeast Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/skyscraper-3184798_1920.jpg)
The Ban Treaty: Perspectives from Southeast Asia
Professor Mely Caballero-Anthony offers a perspective from South East Asia on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
![Promoting Mongolia’s Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mongolia-695267_1920.jpg)
Promoting Mongolia’s Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status
Mongolia, as a nuclear-weapon-free zone, has plenty it can teach the rest of Northeast Asia on playing an active role in safeguarding the world for future generations.
![How a Regional Nuclear-Free-Weapon Zone Can Benefit Japan](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6970435907_8c026375a4_edit.jpg)
How a Regional Nuclear-Free-Weapon Zone Can Benefit Japan
A regional NWFZ can be used to quarantine a zone from the real risks of nuclear war. Japan stands to gain numerous benefits should their government actively promote the creation of one.
![Nuclear-Free New Zealand Turns 30](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/NZ_purpleButton.jpg)
Nuclear-Free New Zealand Turns 30
The 1987 nuclear-free act was a milestone in New Zealand’s development as a nation.
![The Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone: A US Perspective on the Treaty and Its Future](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/asean-4692563_1280.jpg)
The Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone: A US Perspective on the Treaty and Its Future
The Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ)'s stance is to promote regional security and US interests. The future of the treaty remains murky under the Trump administration.
![Nuclear Weapon States and the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nuclear-4924092_1920.jpg)
Nuclear Weapon States and the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
New incentives for nuclear weapon states in the Asia-Pacific has Southeast Asian countries eager to ratify disarmament protocol.
![Southeast Asia Regional Meeting 2016](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cooling-tower-DODGEBURN_1920.jpg)
Southeast Asia Regional Meeting 2016
Addressing the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (SEANWFZ) and steps to secure nuclear weapons states’ signatures of the SEANWFZ Protocol.